October 2019 in Japan was all about wild music, funky fashion, and Halloween fun.
It seems we have some seriously photogenic readers!
You guys were looking super fly partying for the spooky season, e…

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The idea of living in a high-rise condo in downtown Tokyo makes for a nice daydream.
Underlining this trend are the results of a survey by newly formed magazine Aene which asked Japanese housewives w…

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The Mitosaya Botanical Distillery is located in Chiba, right in the middle of the Boso Peninsula.
It’s these and other local ingredients that go into the many varieties of brandy and spirits that the…

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An official from Japan's homegrown hypercar startup Aspark has reportedly announced in an interview that his company's electric, nearly 2,000-horsepower Owl will gun for a lap record at the Nürburgri…

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Initial reviews lent credence to that idea; some critics adored Death Stranding despite its sharp corners and long, uneventful stretches.
The saga of Kojima’s comments on American Death Stranding rev…

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A collectible card game, Yakuza Online was also a departure from the gameplay of the mainline series.
Hitting the streets of Yokohama’s Isezaki, it looks like past Yakuza games with urban Japan obses…

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TOKYO -- The Japanese operators of the Yahoo search engine and popular messaging app Line are set to merge, creating an e-commerce giant spanning finance, retail and other internet services, Nikkei h…

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Pokémon Sword and S…

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By this point, it’s become pretty common knowledge that people in the anime industry work incredibly long hours.
That’s a reputation the industry has even in Japan, a country that’s already famous fo…

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▼ There was a lot to hate in the first trailer’s design, but Sonic’s extremely human-looking teeth were especially unsettling.
“So this is the new Sonic trailer.
Still, I’m looking forward to the mov…

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